[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
This hit me on 18.04 and did kill my saturday morning - thank you very much. Also a BIG THANK YOU to Graham Smith for pointing out why this bug exists - it is very important to take the role of the one that tells the truth even when it hurts sometimes. It is of course possible to write more softly, but sometimes it is needed to point out that something is really a bad idea if it is a really bad idea. It would be interesting to read why SourceStam was not used here and why was that BuildID implemented? Also this shows how important it is to better test migration from old systems to newer releases - I have the impression that this area is lacking serious efforts. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: Won't Fix Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
THIS IS STUPID! The problem is arising in Ubuntu because the builds against the current supported versions of Ubuntu have differing BuildIDs. This is because some stupid idiot chose to use the build time as the BuildID. Whoever that was needs teaching some lessons in basic software design and development. what makes it worse is the the BuildID is hard-coded into the specific install. It is wrong to say that it would be rare for someone to have more than one version of Ubuntu and be sharing profiles across those installations. I know quite a few folk who try differing versions of Ubuntu and do just that. In my case, I have a current build of Xfce 19 amd64 and Cinnamon 18 amd64 on the same machine and also have Xfce 18 i386 on a very useful but old-ish netbook for work during travelling. I share profiles. The build of Firefox is EXACTLY the same version (68.0.1) on all three -- SO WHY THE F**K CAN'T I SHARE PROFILES!!??? There is a clear and obvious solution to this. Firefox HAS and EXISTING and PERFECTLY VALID Build ID SourceStamp. For what unearthly reason is that NOT being used as the means of identifying whether the profile is workable for the installed version of Firefox. Given that the rest of the profile coding is platform independent, this should be perfectly sufficient. Go to work boys!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: Won't Fix Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
** Changed in: firefox Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: Won't Fix Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 67.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 --- firefox (67.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium * New upstream stable release (67.0.1build1) -- Olivier Tilloy Thu, 30 May 2019 07:39:22 +0200 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 67.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 --- firefox (67.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1) cosmic; urgency=medium * New upstream stable release (67.0.1build1) -- Olivier Tilloy Thu, 30 May 2019 11:04:58 +0200 ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
For those who come here and can't wait until this fix is released (thanks for your hard work, people fixing this!) you can find workarounds here (I can't say if the workarounds are safe or not): https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/brjj82/firefox_67_thinks_its_an_old_version_and_wont/ Running MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE=1 firefox --ProfileManager from bash worked for me, since I accidentally created a new profile when exploring my options, and had to switch back to my original profile. I now have access to my session, bookmarks and containers again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
I just upgraded from 18.10 to 19.04, since it looked like a good time given the release cycle, and I have this problem. How do I "manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04" (as mentioned in the description)? In my case I guess it would be "Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.10". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
For what it's worth, my kids encountered this on two desktops today, moving from 16.04 to 18.04. As this would be a major issue for non- technical folk I'd urge getting the fix out the door sooner rather than later - especially on 18.04, to preserve LTS as being a safe choice. The workaround I used here, prior to being shown this bug, was to let Firefox make a new profile and to follow these instructions to copy over all the critical files: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from- an-old-profile -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
I saw a comment somewhere that suggested this was "rare". I think this is actually pretty common -- it feels like this has been discussed more than any other single issue on irc lately. The consequence for most users is losing their entire Firefox history, settings, addons, saved passwords, sessions, etc. Can we please push the time-delayed-rebuilds, if not the actual fixes, sooner rather than later? Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
Reverting the status to "Fix Committed" because the updates to bionic, cosmic and disco haven't been released yet. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 67.0+build2-0ubuntu2 --- firefox (67.0+build2-0ubuntu2) eoan; urgency=medium * No-change rebuild to fix the BuildID ordering between the same version of firefox on all supported Ubuntu releases (LP: #1830096) -- Olivier Tilloy Thu, 23 May 2019 13:00:20 +0200 ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
Packages are being rebuilt, sequentially. In the meantime I have reproduced the issue as originally reported, by updating firefox to 67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 in a bionic VM, launching it, then dist-upgrading to cosmic and launching firefox again. I have also verified that deleting the file compatibility.ini in the profile folder "fixes" the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
** Branch linked: lp:~mozillateam/firefox/firefox.cosmic ** Branch linked: lp:firefox/stable ** Branch linked: lp:~mozillateam/firefox/firefox.disco -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
** Branch linked: lp:~mozillateam/firefox/firefox.bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
An effective workaround would be to rebuild the packages for all supported series sequentially, to ensure the build IDs are in ascending order. Currently, at least for amd64, they are reversed: $ grep -r --include="application.ini" BuildID | sort 16.04/usr/lib/firefox/application.ini:BuildID=20190517141553 18.04/usr/lib/firefox/application.ini:BuildID=20190517140819 18.10/usr/lib/firefox/application.ini:BuildID=20190517140354 19.04/usr/lib/firefox/application.ini:BuildID=20190517140251 19.10/usr/lib/firefox/application.ini:BuildID=20190517114929 ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Olivier Tilloy (osomon) ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
Launchpad has imported 6 comments from the remote bug at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1553554. If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. On 2019-05-22T17:12:46+00:00 J-a-therrien+mozilla wrote: Created attachment 9066781 compatibility.ini User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:67.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/67.0 Steps to reproduce: On 2019-05-21 I updated my computer from Ubuntu 18.04 to 19.04. I'm not sure if Firefox was updated to Firefox 67 prior to my upgrade. I was not using any nightly or developer versions. Actual results: When loading Firefox an error window came up with the following text: > Using an older version of Firefox can corrupt bookmarks and browsing history > already saved to an existing Firefox profile. To protect your information, > create a new profile for this installation of Firefox. Expected results: Firefox should have loaded my profile without issue. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1830096/comments/0 On 2019-05-22T17:14:21+00:00 J-a-therrien+mozilla wrote: Just a comment that I was directed here from Reddit and told to upload the compatibility.ini file from the old profile. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1830096/comments/2 On 2019-05-22T17:58:14+00:00 Dtownsend wrote: Just to check, are you using the Ubuntu provided version of Firefox or are you using one downloaded directly from Mozilla? Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1830096/comments/4 On 2019-05-22T20:40:24+00:00 Olivier Tilloy wrote: This was reported as an ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096. It seems unfortunate that firefox uses MOZ_BUILD_DATE as its build ID (if I followed correctly the code path, see https://hg.mozilla.org /mozilla-central/file/tip/build/variables.py#l15). The official build from Mozilla might not be affected by that bug, but on Ubuntu we build firefox for each supported release (at present that's 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 19.04 and the development series, 19.10), which means that the same package of firefox for two different Ubuntu releases will be getting different build IDs, and there's no way to guarantee that the build ID for release X will be < the build ID for release Y, where X < Y (other than building the packages sequentially, instead of in parallel). Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1830096/comments/5 On 2019-05-22T20:55:12+00:00 Olivier Tilloy wrote: I wonder whether setting MOZ_BUILDID to the Ubuntu package version string (e.g. "67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1") when building would fix the problem, and wouldn't introduce undesirable side effects? Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1830096/comments/6 On 2019-05-23T00:13:45+00:00 J-a-therrien+mozilla wrote: (In reply to Dave Townsend [:mossop] (he/him) from comment #2) > Just to check, are you using the Ubuntu provided version of Firefox or are > you using one downloaded directly from Mozilla? I'm using the Ubuntu provided version, both before and after upgrading. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1830096/comments/7 ** Changed in: firefox Status: Unknown => New ** Changed in: firefox Importance: Unknown => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: Unknown Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1553554 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1553554 ** Also affects: firefox via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1553554 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in Mozilla Firefox: Unknown Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1830096] Re: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version
>From this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/brjj82/firefox_67_thinks_its_an_old_version_and_wont/?ref=readnext "From looking at the compatibility.ini for the old profile vs the new one it looks like the long version number for the newer Ubuntu is slightly smaller. 18.04 profile: 67.0_20190517140819/20190517140819 19.04 profile: 67.0_20190517140251/20190517140251" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830096 Title: Firefox 67 in Ubuntu 18.10 thinks it's an older version Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Today I installed the Firefox 67 update on Ubuntu 18.04, then updated to Ubuntu 18.10. After this, launching Firefox gave me a "Using an older version of Firefox" message with only two options: create a new profile or quit. Apparently the Firefox 67 build for 18.10 thinks it's an older version than the Firefox 67 build for 18.04. For now I worked around the issue by manually installing the Firefox 67 build for Ubuntu 18.04, which did load the existing user profile correctly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1830096/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
